1 Samuel 16:21 - New International Version (Anglicised)

²¹ David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armour-bearers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And David came to Saul and served him. Saul became very fond of him, and he became his armor-bearer.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

Common English Bible

²¹ That is how David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked David very much, and David became his armor-bearer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 16:21 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and travelled throughout Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

Psalm 62:9

Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

Deuteronomy 1:38

But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

Judges 9:54

Hurriedly he called to his armour-bearer, ‘Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, “A woman killed him.” ’ So his servant ran him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 16:22

Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, ‘Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.’

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:55

As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, ‘Abner, whose son is that young man?’ Abner replied, ‘As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.’

1 Samuel 19:7

So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.